Lorentzen v. Deere Manufacturing Co.

Thompson, J.'

— The plaintiffs were at all times material herein employees of the defendant. On November 3, 1952, they made a written request of their employer that they be permitted to absent themselves from work on November 4, 1952, the date of a general election in Iowa, for a period of two hours each for the purpose of voting in said election. The defendant re fused to designate any two-hour period or periods within the plaintiffs’ working hours, but designated a period of three and one-half hours, between the end of plaintiffs’ work shift at 4:30 p. m. and the closing of the polls at 8 p.…